Improvement in cane and willow-stripper



WARD e BEAN.

Cane Stripper.

Patented Nov. 24. 1868. l

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A. r. WARD AND J. H. BEANOF MARIETTA, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 84,324, dated .occ'mber 24, 1868.

IIIMPROVEMEN T IN CANE`ANE WILLOW-STRIPPER.

The Schedule referred toviuthese Letters Patent and making part of the same.

Bc it known that wc, A. F. Y\VARD,' of Marietta, in the county of lVashington, and State of Ohio, and J. H. Beas', ot' `illarietta, in the county'ot' \\'ash ington, and State ot' Ohio, have invented a new and improvml Cane and \Vill0\vb`t1'ipper; and we do hcrebydeclare that the following is a t'ull and exact desription'ot' the same, reference being had to the zufeolnlninving drawings, and to the lcttcrsot' reibrence marked thereon.

This invention, which wc call f '.Lhe improved Cane and illow-Qtripper, ,consists principally in a novel construction of scrapers, so arranged as to adapt themselves, automatically, to the various sizes ot' the (.fane, as will be iullydescribed hereinafter.

Figurel l represents a side elevation oi' our improved stripper, as attached to a cane-mill; and

Figure 2, a front elevation, with par-t oi' the casing broken away to show the interna-l arrangement ofthe scrapers and springs. Y

The same letters reter to identical parts in'the diiferent figures.

In the (ha-wings, A and B represent, respectively, the front and rea-r casings of our improved stripper, in both of which are the openings I a., as shown.

The openings in tht-front casing are provided with inclined edges, as shown at ai', in iig. l, in order that the cane maybe easily guided thereinto.

"c c represent standards rigidly attached to pla-te B,

which are located at, suitable points onsaid platc,`

around the openings a, and at proper distances apart.

D -D represent scrapers, or strippers proper, of shape shown in tig. 2, which swing upon the standards c c. These scrapers are constructed with the stra-ight edges d, and curving edges (Z, and are so arranged as to rest ordinarily with their straight edges bearing on eachA other, as shown in' iig. 2, being held lirmly in that position by the springs e.

It will be observed, also, that the scrapers are arranged in pairs, and that each setconsists of two pairs, one being located in ti'ont ofthe other, and that the curving edges of cach pair are opposite each other, by which means au opening is made between them. f l' It will be further observed, also, that each set of :Scrapers is so arranged that the. pairs, in opening, Pmojye in directions at right angles Ato each other that is, when the cane is' passed through the opening at a',

fig. 2, th'e Scrapers x :r2 will be forced open nearly onv the line y-y, While the Scrapers x* will be moved nearly in the line y 1/.

e e represent springs, o nel end of each of which is attached to the standard c, and the other to sera-pers D, as shown by means of the staple d2.

The springs may be attached to the standard by iuserting one end of the former into a hole of proper size bored into the latter, or, if desired, the standard may be cut down through the centre, as shown in tig. 2, and the end of the' spring be placed within the groove.

tig. 3, set-screw B3 and hook B5. -The edge of the plate B rests within .the slot, and the catch is adjusted up or down, to suit the various sizes of mills, and also furthe purpose ot`= making the attachment. After placing the stripper in position, the lower catches l), being caught over the rim of the mill-frame, the catch B should be moved up on the plate, until its hook is caught under the upper rim of the mill-trame, when, by simply tightening the set-screw, the whole appa- Vmtus is tirmly kept in place.

The operation of our invention is as follows: The stripper having been attached -t-o the mill, as

' described, the canes are. thrust in `through the openin l1, ot' the former, until the tips are caught by the l rollers, when they will be necessarily drawn through the ojienings and into the mill, without. further attention, being thoroughly stripped by the operation, as will be readily seen.

The Scrapers, haying blunt edges, do not cut the cane, but simply strip it, the springs yielding suiiiciently to permit all sizes of cane to be easily passed through, but, at the same time, keeping the Scrapers up to their work, so that no part is leftunstripped.

The utility of the arrangement, whereby each pair of'scrapers opens in a different line of direction, will be readily seen, as, otherwise, dlferent sizes of cane could not be readily stripped.

W'e do. not contine ourselves to the precise arrangelnent, as shown, as ina-ny simple variations may be made, without departing from the spirit of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, \Vhat we claim as new, and desire 'to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' 1. The cane-stripper described, consisting of the plates A B, standards c, Scrapers D, and springs e, all

being constructed and operated substantially as and -for the purpose set forth.

2. The plate B with catches l, in combination with the adjustable catch Bl, when operated in connection with a mill-frame, as described. e

This specitication signed and'witnessed, this. 20th day of July, 1868.

' l A. F. WARD.

J. H. BEAN.

Witnesses:

HENRY Bom.,

C. E. GLINEs. 

